{"title":"Nicolas Slonimsky","description":"\u003cp\u003eNicolas Slonimsky's works offer a unique blend of sharp wit and profound insight, often exploring the quirks and curiosities of the musical world. His writing delights readers with a spirited and occasionally acerbic sense of humour, making even the most specialised subjects accessible and entertaining.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExpect lively explorations filled with playful language and inventive critique, where Slonimsky’s command of both music and satire shines through. These books invite readers to enjoy a light-hearted yet erudite journey through the colourful landscape of musical invective and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"lexicon-of-musical-invective-by-nicolas-slonimsky-9780393320091","title":"Lexicon of Musical Invective","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA snakeful of critical venom aimed at the composers and the classics of nineteenth- and twentieth-century music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWho wrote advanced cat music? What commonplace theme is very much like Yankee Doodle? Which composer is a scoundrel and a giftless bastard? What opera would His Satanic Majesty turn out? Whose name suggests fierce whiskers stained with vodka?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd finally, what third movement begins with a dog howling at midnight, then imitates the regurgitations of the less-refined or lower-middle-class type of water-closet cistern, and ends with the cello reproducing the screech of an ungreased wheelbarrow? For the answers to these and other questions, readers need only consult the \"Invecticon\" at the back of this inspired book and then turn to the full passage, in all its vituperation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmong the eminent reviewers are George Bernard Shaw, Virgil Thomson, Hans von Bülow, Friedrich Nietzsche, Eduard Hanslick, Olin Downes, Deems Taylor, Paul Rosenfeld, and Oscar Wilde.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eItself a classic, this collection of nasty barbs about composers and their works, culled mostly from contemporaneous newspapers and magazines, makes for hilarious reading and belongs on the shelf of everyone who loves\u003ci\u003eor hates\u003c\/i\u003eclassical music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a new foreword by Peter Schickele (\"P.D.Q. Bach\").\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471073624300,"sku":"9780393320091","price":41.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/fddcdddd23a6fb84a6ca64d7cbf003d2.jpg?v=1775792513"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/nicolas-slonimsky.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}